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the artistic and critical movement.
He became at the heart of the cultural
and artistic battles, and a major initiator
of many of its activities. Many of those
battles were a combination of solid policy
related to the government, the security
authorities, and the soft policy associated
with the artistic mobility in the country.
Although the first battle in this field at
the Czech Center was tough and has a
miserable ending, Selim gained solidity,
determination, resistance and sometimes
attack in defense of his political and
artistic belief.
He sought to establish the Center of Race from the starting point - Oil on toile -
Arts project and he succeeded because 60X60 cm - 2006
he was highly educated and highly
communicative with the forefront of poets, writers, critics, dramatists, filmmakers,
art professors, artists, musicians, opera singers, and radical politicians, in addition to
an important group of journalists and media professionals.
Meetings were held, dialogs flourished, and symposiums were held at the Center
of Arts in Aisha Fahmy Palace in Zamalek, and thinkers and youth were invited.
He used to organize and run the majority of these events. He regularly wrote at
newspapers, organized poetry and criticism forums, opera concerts, small musical
and theatrical performances.
He formed a club for important documentaries on art and intellectuals at the
Center of Arts, which he founded and made an international center for art, intellect,
opinion, and enlightenment.
His office at the Center of Arts received Louis Awad, Edward Al-Kharrat, Kamel
Zuhairy, Mohamed Abou El-Ghar, and Tharwat Okashaa number of the most
important intellectuals and figures as Mohamed Taha Hussein, Saleh Reda, Mounir
Canaan, Inji Efflatoun, Ramzy Mustafa, Hamed Abdullah, Abou Khalil Lotfy, Hamed
Nada, Ghazbia Serry, Tahia Halim, Zakaria El-Zeiny, El-Nashar, Farghaly, Nawar,
Mustafa Abdel Moaty, Mohy El-Din Hussein, Abdel Salam Eid, Mahmoud Abdullah
and others such as director Mohamed El-Qalyoubi and a large number of young
artists from Cairo, Alexandria and some governorates, as well as other people of
intellectual status. These incidental meetings were considered as a cultural salon
discussing high-level issues and reflections.
Selim as an Artist:
On the creative level as an artist, Selim, like the young people of the sixties,
dreamed of an opportunity to exhibit his works in Europe, believing that therein lies
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He became at the heart of the cultural
and artistic battles, and a major initiator
of many of its activities. Many of those
battles were a combination of solid policy
related to the government, the security
authorities, and the soft policy associated
with the artistic mobility in the country.
Although the first battle in this field at
the Czech Center was tough and has a
miserable ending, Selim gained solidity,
determination, resistance and sometimes
attack in defense of his political and
artistic belief.
He sought to establish the Center of Race from the starting point - Oil on toile -
Arts project and he succeeded because 60X60 cm - 2006
he was highly educated and highly
communicative with the forefront of poets, writers, critics, dramatists, filmmakers,
art professors, artists, musicians, opera singers, and radical politicians, in addition to
an important group of journalists and media professionals.
Meetings were held, dialogs flourished, and symposiums were held at the Center
of Arts in Aisha Fahmy Palace in Zamalek, and thinkers and youth were invited.
He used to organize and run the majority of these events. He regularly wrote at
newspapers, organized poetry and criticism forums, opera concerts, small musical
and theatrical performances.
He formed a club for important documentaries on art and intellectuals at the
Center of Arts, which he founded and made an international center for art, intellect,
opinion, and enlightenment.
His office at the Center of Arts received Louis Awad, Edward Al-Kharrat, Kamel
Zuhairy, Mohamed Abou El-Ghar, and Tharwat Okashaa number of the most
important intellectuals and figures as Mohamed Taha Hussein, Saleh Reda, Mounir
Canaan, Inji Efflatoun, Ramzy Mustafa, Hamed Abdullah, Abou Khalil Lotfy, Hamed
Nada, Ghazbia Serry, Tahia Halim, Zakaria El-Zeiny, El-Nashar, Farghaly, Nawar,
Mustafa Abdel Moaty, Mohy El-Din Hussein, Abdel Salam Eid, Mahmoud Abdullah
and others such as director Mohamed El-Qalyoubi and a large number of young
artists from Cairo, Alexandria and some governorates, as well as other people of
intellectual status. These incidental meetings were considered as a cultural salon
discussing high-level issues and reflections.
Selim as an Artist:
On the creative level as an artist, Selim, like the young people of the sixties,
dreamed of an opportunity to exhibit his works in Europe, believing that therein lies
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